> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 17:19:24 -0600 > Subject: Hessian Soldiers > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Hi Nelda: > I don't know if you are still working on the Hessian Soldier research. I > will give you an idea of my problem. > For years family tradition says that our first Hartman was a Hessian soldier > that stayed and reared a family in Pennsylvania. > This could be the case but the earliest family member that we can document > was born in Pennsylvania after the war. After doing genealogy for years, I > know that you are to go from the known to the unknown but at this time I > don't know how to proceed. I do know that the family were in York County, > Pa. - lived and are buried there. > Jacob Hartman 19 Jan. 1789-12 Feb 1858 - York County, Pa. > POSSIBLY - father: Andrew Hartman 1763-1828 York/Adams Co, Pa. > Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks. Dorcas Beaver - Waco, Tx. > > >